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(c) Return or destruction of protected health information: At termination of this Agreement, the <br />Arrangement Agreement (or any similar documentation of the business relationship of the Parties), or upon <br />request of Covered Entity, whichever occurs first, Business Associate shall: <br />(i) if feasible, return or destroy all protected health information received from or <br />created or received by Business Associate on behalf of Covered Entity that Business Associate <br />still maintains in any form. Business Associate shall only destroy protected health information <br />with the written approval of Covered Entity. After return or destruction, Business Associate shall <br />retain no copies of such information. <br />(ii) if return or destruction is not feasible, Business Associate will provide Covered <br />Entity with documentation explaining the reason that it is not feasible. If the protected health <br />information is not returned or destroyed, Business Associate will extend the protections of this <br />Agreement to the information and limit further uses and disclosures to those purposes that make <br />the return or destruction of the information not feasible. <br />(d) Survival: The obligations of Business Associate under this Agreement shall survive the <br />expiration, termination, or cancellation of this Agreement, the Arrangement Agreement and/or the business <br />relationship of the parties, and shall continue to bind Business Associate, its agents, employees, contractors, <br />successors, and assigns as set forth herein. <br />V. MISCELLANEOUS <br />(a) All protected health information that is created or received by Covered Entity and disclosed or <br />made available in any form, including paper record, oral communication, audio recording, and electronic display <br />by Covered Entity or its operating units to Business Associate or is created or received by Business Associate on <br />Covered Entity's behalf shall be subject to this Agreement. <br />(b) A reference in this Agreement to a section in the HIPAA Privacy Rule means the section as in <br />effect or as amended. <br />(c) In the event of an inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement (including definitions) <br />and mandatory provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, as amended, the HIPAA Privacy Rule shall control. Where <br />provisions of this Agreement are different than those mandated in the HIPAA Privacy Rule, but are nonetheless <br />permitted by the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the provisions of this Agreement shall control. <br />(d) Except as expressly stated herein or the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the parties to this Agreement do <br />not intend to create any rights in any third parties. <br />(e) This Agreement may be amended or modified only in a writing signed by the Parties. No Party <br />may assign its respective rights and obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the <br />other Party. None of the provisions of this Agreement are intended to create, nor will they be deemed to create <br />any relationship between the Parties other than that of independent parties contracting with each other solely for <br />the purposes of effecting the provisions of this Agreement and any other agreements between the Parties <br />evidencing their business relationship. <br />(f) This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina. <br />(g) No change, waiver or discharge of any liability or obligation hereunder on any one or more <br />occasions shall be deemed a waiver of performance of any continuing or other obligation, or shall prohibit <br />enforcement of any obligation, on any other occasion. <br />(h) The parties agree that, in the event that any documentation of the arrangement pursuant to which <br />Business Associate provides services to Covered Entity contains provisions relating to the use or disclosure of <br />protected health information that are more restrictive than the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of the <br />more restrictive documentation will control. <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />S:\Managers Working Files\Contracts\DENTAL\FY 09 Head Start Contract\2009-10 CHTOP OCBAA.doc <br />